Participative management, which appeared during the fifties, seems to bring a new hope and appears today not only as the energy mobilization vector of firms, but also as the key to a better social organization previously endangered by the industrial revolution. Perceived as the entity best...

Purpose We aimed to analyze the impact of the transition to the hybrid model of teamwork and team dynamics from the perspective of the five key challenges, i.e. communication, coordination, connection, creativity and culture. Design/methodology/approach To achieve the stated aim, we conducted a...

Creative Management has a meaning of innovative management, which always requires changes in terms of searching for the new paths of development in this area. These changes appear as a result of the social and political change dynamics, namely globalization, as a European and worldwide...

Project networks have been identified as dynamic organizational forms which are reproduced by sets of project-based actor relationships. Project networks allow for the external pooling of resources and thereby help reconcile the managerial needs for stability and flexibility as well as...

The industrial relations system at Magna International is an example of an integrated, coherent, non-union human resource management strategy. It includes significant mechanisms of worker voice and conflict resolution as substitutes for union representation. Potential labour-management conflicts...

This paper explores whether union members in a members-only non-majority union (MONMU) are entitled to a Weingarten right, that is, the right to request a union representative at a workplace investigatory interview that might reasonably lead to discipline. The National Labor Relations Board...

Drawing on an evaluative framework inspired by the capability approach, the article assesses the nature and implications of company responses to the British legislation transposing Directive 2002/14/EC on information and consultation rights of employees. Evidence from five case studies in the...

Der Beitrag kontrastiert zwei Gruppen von Beschaeftigten deutscher Betriebe und Dienststellen. Auf der einen Seite solche Personen, die aktuell einem Betriebs- oder Personalrat angehoeren, oder diesem in der Vergangenheit einmal angehoert haben. Auf der anderen Seite Beschaeftigte ohne jegliche...

Obwohl Mitarbeiterkapitalbeteiligung (MKB) auf eine lange Tradition zurueckblicken kann und auch in juengster Zeit erhoehte Aufmerksamkeit von Politikern, Praktikern und Wissenschaftlern geniesst, muss konstatiert werden, dass das vorhandene Wissen ueber die Perspektiven der Arbeitnehmer...

Angesichts der Ausweitung des Leiharbeitseinsatzes, der zum Teil mit negativen Folgen für die Arbeitnehmer verbunden sein kann, suchen Gewerkschaften nach Moeglichkeiten zur ‚Humanisierung’ der Leiharbeit. Eine bislang wenig beachtete Alternative zur Leiharbeit stellt dabei die sog....